A few firsts with this shot - first post on this forum, first time using my brand new 450d (being used to a manual 35mm slr, it's a big change!), first time digitally pp rather than working in a darkroom...

Info about shot:

450d
55mm@ 5.6
1/60
ISO 400
PP involved a fairly heavy crop and a minor tweak of the contrast. To be honest it's more abstract than minimal but still, I quite like it.

Last edited by KidMoe on Tue Jul 29, 2008 12:42 pm, edited 1 time in total.

This is my first ever competition submission. On a limited edition scrabble board i have used a minimal part of the board, given it a minimal tilt, with minimal tiles and minimal points. I had camera on auto and only cropped the photo and adjusted contrast a minimal amount.

While out doing some urbex I took this shot of a weed against the background of a decayed interior.

ExifCanon 400D
50mm
1/200 sec
ISO 800
f/3.2
16/7/08

ProcessingShot in RAW. White Balance tweaked, contrast and saturation boosted a little & slight highlight recovery. B&W conversion in Photoshop then I used a layer mask to bring back the colour into the weed. Border then added.

My entry this month is called "Minimalism in the Home" and I want to thank CL for giving me an excuse and motivation to clean & tidy up my shelves cos I've been putting it off for weeks I decided to choose just one thing to put on a shelf for the pic so of course, being in China I had to go with the country's beloved Mr Panda.

My first real submission. I thought to myself tonight, as I was over analyzing what gear I wanted while reading other people's posts who were also over analyzing the gear they wanted, how Minimalism really defined my wife's father old Canon Gear. So I took a picture of it.

Taken with Canon 350D/XT
18-55 IS @ 55MM f/10 25"
PP - just cropped back to viewfinder image size

There was a 60watt lamp on the other side of the room at night, so it was quite dark.

I had various ideas for the task this month, but couldnt decide on an entry. I chose this because of its simplicity and the way the subject was so bare and basic, in my opinion, a prime example of mimimalistic photography. (and being basic hides my inexperience )
I especially liked the way that the light fell on the leaf